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fair stats on him, people will laugh :D
then I GOT BEAST BY MY SIDE BOOM hes dead :D
Hmm.. +2/6... becomes a 7/8.... That's really scary lol. That can trade with a 7 or 8 mana minion XD
1) It's "I've got the beast in my sights." Wrong quite. 2) it's now 5 mana. Much more niche.
I think they forgot to put in draw a card? Must've got lost somewhere down the Blizzard chain of FUCKING DRUID NERFS.
I think you guys are all looking at this card wrong.. Think about it: You aren't playing a 2/6. You're not. Imagine this scenario:
Turn 4 you have a 4/3(Shifting Shade). Your opponent doesn't deal with it but plays a minion with 5 health. Your next turn you play this card and it now is a 6/9. You trade the minion into it and you still have a 6 attack minion with PROBABLY 5 health. The next turn they either hard removal it or they play a 5/5 or 6/5 or 6/6 or something like that. You STILL have this card to trade with it. It will still kill that card. And you can play another minion(such as the new 4/5 heal for 5 to heal it up more). This card is no velen's chosen but in a control situation it does its job very well. It allows your minion to trade for several more turns. Value.
In an aggressive deck this is terrible. But the fact that your early-game minion can trade with the next two turns of minions they play makes this a very strong card. Velen's chosen was simply broken. As simple as that.
The change in stats is very good though. The 2 attack more on blessing on kings isn't necessary. If you're playing it on curve, you dont' need the attack to trade with other minions. The 2 less health, however, means that it cannot trade as many times.
For this card the 2 attack is GOOD ENOUGH to trade for 2 turns. It has 6 health which means it will last longer. Priests can also heal minions so this suddenly puts you in a position of board control from being behind and as well you can keep this minion alive for quite a bit longer while you play threats. Healing minions is much more mana efficient than simply playing new ones. ^_^
Velen's chosen at 5 mana would do the same thing with hero power. Essentially what I'm saying here is that it lets you trade up at ANY point in the game you have mana for it. Velen's chosen is op because it not only can give you really good board control EARLY game but it also lets you burst early in the game. This card is more "balanced." It will help you claim board initiation once you reach midgame but not snowball you earlier. If it drew a card it would be WAYYY overpowered. If it costed 4 mana that might be more reasonable but the manacost doesn't make a huge difference here because you can play this on turn 8 or 9 and it still accomplishes the same goal - making your minion big enough to trade for 2 turns.
Don't mind me taking this card's brother for a walk ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ╲__Confuse
Yamite kudasai! Yamite kudasai!
As a viewer of those stuff.... it should probably be yamete kudasai....
With all that tentacles it could have given something more, like... A card draw?
5 mana? That's overkilling it. Though, with the nerf to scilence, placing it on a taunt might prove to be semi effective. Still, dust it.
Why would you even dust a common card...
Anduin, you're the one they truly corrupted, aren't you!
Power word Japan??
Jokes aside while this is a bad replacement for Velens, it might be better then everyone is mentioning.
With creatures like Deathlord and Dark Cultist (as well as Velens) gone in standard having the ability to have large HP sponge minions is harder, while is this expensive compared to Velens it may prove to be a decent enough substitute in standard since it will be a more controlled environment.
Only time will tell.
Perhaps but the +2 attack is hardly worth all that. It'd be better to run the 2-mana double-your-health card from core set...forget the name.
That would be the Priest Basic Spell Divine Spirit.
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